Dr. Martin Chin, DDS, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
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Dr. Martin Chin, DDS

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

2100 Webster St Suite 303 San Francisco CA, 94115
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Dr. Martin Chin is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon whose private practice is at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. The practice specializes in the treatment of special, challenging facial bone disorders. These include facial bone deficiencies resulting from congenital disorders such as cleft palate and  jaws that have failed to develop completely. To address these disorders, Dr. Chin has developed instruments and techniques to allow predictable reconstruction of missing or deficient facial skeletons. He has written a textbook, multiple scientific articles, and holds multiple patents for these innovations. These techniques include methods to stimulate patients to grow their own living bone to fill missing skeletal segments. This advanced technology does not require use of grafting or synthetic materials. These techniques are important when placing dental implants in patients that lack existing bone. Dr. Chin operates a full-time private practice managing special and conventional maxillofacial disorders. He is the founder and director of Beyond Faces Foundation that supports the treatment of children with craniofacial disorders. 

Education and Training

University of California DDS 1978

Board Certification

American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Areas of expertise and specialization

Orthognathic SurgeryPediatric Craniofacial SurgeryDental Implant Reconstructive Surgery

Awards

  • Best Paper in Maxillofacial Surgery 2003 Association Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 

Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons  
  • American Dental Association  
  • American College of Dentists  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Founder and Director, Beyond Faces Foundation

Treatments

  • Advanced facial bone regeneration technology using osteotomies, bone morphogenetic proteins, and dental implants

Internships

  • Hospital Dentistry and Advanced General Dentistry 1978

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsAmerican Association of Implant Dentists

Articles and Publications

  • Textbook: Surgical Design for Dental Reconstruction with Implants: A New ParadigmArticle: LeFort III Advancement with Gradual Distraction Using Internal Devices

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Combining experience from many diverse areas. Not assuming the current teachings cannot be improved upon.

Areas of research

  • Regenerative medicine for the treatment maxillofacial diorders

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Founder and Director of Beyond Faces Foundation. The foundation supports children that are in need of treatment for facial deficiency disorders.

Teaching and speaking

  • Dr. Chin has lectured extensively in the US and Internationally for many years.

Favorite Place to Vacation

  • Italy

Hobbies / Sports

  • Building and restoring classic cars

Areas of research

Dr. Chin directs research projects to explore the mechanisms of normal and abnormal facial skeletal development. This includes investigating the molecular basis of embryonic develoment of the face and jaws. Using the innovations in genetic engineering, emerging neuroscience, and oncology, the research aims to use the most advanced scientific methodology to reveal how regeneration can be realized in a clinical setting. Dr. Chin operates and directs laboratories doing this important research. 

In the past, Dr. Chin was involved in developing the scientific basis and clincial instrumentation to allow distraction osteogenesis to be applied from orthopedic surgery to facial bone surgery.

Research done at Loma Linda University promoted the development of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein for clincal use in humans. 

 

Dr. Martin Chin, DDS's Practice location

Sutter Health

2100 Webster St Suite 303 -
San Francisco, CA 94115
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